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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "andy best" <andyb_best2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:07:56 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR COMPENSATION

Dear belove friend,



I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting that funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay and before my depart,my
pastor visioned to me that I should not fail to compensate everybody that
participated in this transaction.Presently I'm in paraguay for investment
projects with my new pathner. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts
and attempts to assist me in transferring that funds despite that it failed
us some how.


Now contact my secretary in Cotonou,Benin Republic. this is his contact
information: Name. Mr Kelvin Chinedu.

Email contact [john_douglas1@yahoo.com.au]
Ask him to send you the total sum of ($850,000.00)Eight hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in A CASHIER'S CHEQUE, which I kept for your compensation.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So get in touch with my
secretary and instruct him to send the CASHIER'S CHEQUE to you,do let me
know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the
sufferness at that time. At the moment, I am very busy here because of the
investment projects which my partner and I are having at hand.


Finally, remember that I have forwarded instructions to my secretary on your
behalf to release the Cheque when you contact him,so get in touch with him
immediately.
With best regards,
Barrister Nndy Best,

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